Practice Test 2

Question 0

Palladium

Answer 0

Temple of Athena at Troy

Question 1

Helen

Answer 1

Woman whose abduction launched the Trojan war

Question 2

Labyrinth

Answer 2

The maze of the Minotaur

Question 3

Jason

Answer 3

Hero who went to get the Golden Fleece

Question 4

Chiron

Answer 4

Centaur who raised Jason

Question 5

Argo

Answer 5

Jason’s ship

Question 6

Castor and Pollux

Answer 6

Twins who sailed with Jason

Question 7

Medea

Answer 7

Fell in love with Jason and helped him

Question 8

Atlas

Answer 8

Demigod who held up the sky

Question 9

Priam

Answer 9

King of Troy in the Trojan war

Question 10

Paris

Answer 10

Appointed by Zeus to decide which of the 3 goddesses was the most beautiful

Question 11

Agamemnon

Answer 11

King of Mycenae and leader of Greeks in the Trojan war

Question 12

Iphigenia

Answer 12

Daughter of Agamemnon who was will to sacrifice herself for Greece

Question 13

Calchas

Answer 13

Agamemnon’s soothsayer

Question 14

Menelaus

Answer 14

King of Sparta in Trojan war

Question 15

Achilles

Answer 15

Bravest warrior of the Greeks at Troy

Question 16

Thetis

Answer 16

Mother of Achilles

Question 17

Patroclus

Answer 17

Friend of Achilles who wore his armor

Question 18

Hector

Answer 18

Son of the king of Troy and Trojan champion

Question 19

Hercules

Answer 19

Mortal son of Zeus who became a god

Question 20

Andromache

Answer 20

Wife of Hector

Question 21

Cecrops

Answer 21

Founder of Athens

Question 22

Minotaur

Answer 22

Monster of the labyrinth

Question 23

Theseus

Answer 23

Killed the Minotaur

Question 24

Minos

Answer 24

King of Crete and keeper of the monster

Question 25

Orpheus

Answer 25

Greatest mythical musician

Question 26

Odysseus

Answer 26

Greek warrior who found the missing Achilles

Question 27

Sirens

Answer 27

Beautiful women who lured sailors to their deaths

Question 28

Soothsayer

Answer 28

One who predicts events

Question 29

Stag

Answer 29

Adult male deer

Question 30

Girdle

Answer 30

Belt or sash

Question 31

Centaur

Answer 31

Mythological creature; half man half horsep

Question 32

Prow

Answer 32

Front part of a ship

Question 33

Discord

Answer 33

Strife; dissension

Question 34

Harrow

Answer 34

To break up the earth for farming

Question 35

Fleece

Answer 35

Sheeps coat of wool

Question 36

"Beware the man who wears but one sandal"

Answer 36

Oracle of Apollo

Question 37

"If my death will help the Greeks I am ready to die"

Answer 37

Iphigenia

Question 38

Describe 3 of Hercules labors and how he accomplished them

Answer 38

Kill the Nemean lion, choked it and skinned it Bring the stag with golden horns sacred to Artmemis; he chased it for a year Bring the bull of Crete, he conquered it and rode it across the sea and carried it on his shoulders

Question 39

How was Jason able to take the Golden Fleece

Answer 39

The kings daughter Medea fell in love with Jason and helped him.she gave him ointment to protect him from the bulls, and told him how to kill the warriors grown from the dragons teeth, and gave the dragon who was protecting the fleece a sleeping potion

Question 40

How did Athens get it's name

Answer 40

Athena and Poseidon argued who would be god of Cecrops new city. Poseidon wanted it to be a great sea power. Athena wanted it to be a center of learning. Zeus had a contest and picked Athena's olive trees because it would help the city so it was named for Athena

Question 41

How did the Trojan war start

Answer 41

Helen was married tho the king of Sparta and was most beautiful woman in the world. Paris stole her. Menelaus had the help of 30 other kings to prepare for war and take back Helen

Question 42

What is the story behind the phrase Achilles heel

Answer 42

Thetis wanted to make Achilles immortal so she dipped him in the river Styx so he could not be killed. Only his heel could not be dipped because that is where she held him. It was his only vulnerable spot

Question 43

Telemachus

Answer 43

Son of Odysseus

Question 44

Cyclops

Answer 44

Race of one eyed giants

Question 45

AEolus

Answer 45

God of the winds

Question 46

Eurylochus

Answer 46

Odysseus' captain

Question 47

Circe

Answer 47

Sorceress turned men into animals

Question 48

Scylla and Charybdis

Answer 48

Monster of the Strait of Messina; deadly whirlpool

Question 49

Calypso

Answer 49

Sea nymph; cared for Odysseus for 7 years

Question 50

Nausicaa

Answer 50

Island princess, rescued Odysseus

Question 51

Penelope

Answer 51

Wife of Odysseus

Question 52

Lotus

Answer 52

Fruit of a small tree

Question 53

Cavern

Answer 53

Large cave

Question 54

Lowed

Answer 54

To moo

Question 55

Squall

Answer 55

A sudden brief violent windstorm

Question 56

Stately

Answer 56

Majestic dignified

Question 57

Shroud

Answer 57

A burial cloth

Question 58

Haughtily

Answer 58

Scornful pride

Question 59

Odyssey

Answer 59

Long adventurous journey